Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cucumbers to fill gal. jar
1/3 c. salt
boiling water
1 qt. vinegar
2 tsp. pickling spice
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. mustard seed
2 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. alum
4 c. sugar

Preparation

Quarter cucumbers and place in gallon wide mouth jar; add salt, then cover with boiling water.
Let stand overnight.
Drain and rinse well.
Heat vinegar, pickling spice, celery and mustard seed, turmeric, alum and 1 cup of sugar.
When heated, pour over cucumbers.
Next A.M., add 1 cup of sugar and mix in jar.
Do this for a total of 4 days.
There will be 5 cups of sugar in all.
Do not heat after first day.